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Volume 26, Number 4
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looking back I don't think the evidence was very strong. However the idea should perhaps be checked out by someone who has good material at hand.
On the Papilionidae, Papilio troilus has turned up once or twice as a stray in Cuba. As several sight records and speculative occurrences are discussed, I was disappointed to see no reference to Avinoffs "Papilio arawak" a name he used hypothetically and in conversation to refer to several sightings of a large white butterfly, not an Anteos, which he thought might be an unknown swallowtail. It was one of his lifelong ambitions to find and capture this butterfly and the hope should not be lost to the present generation of Jamaican lepidopterists.
There are a number of spelling lapses in both the general and the taxonomic sections of the book, for example Sideronia for Siderone (p. 52), teleboa for teleboas (p. 54, 55), avellanada for avellaneda (p. 62), thetys for tethys (p. 85, 86), Glossypteris for Glossopteris (p. 98), exotische for exotischer (p. 103, et al.), bekannte for bekannter (p. 124 et al.), eleucha for eleuchea (p. 137), dorcus for dorcas (p. 156), Suite for Suites (p. 197), Ithoballus for Ithobalus (p. 321) and Andre for Andrey (p. 325). The capitalization and punctuation of bibliographic references in the text are erratic. A number of relevant references are omitted from the bibliography. These include papers by Wm. P. Comstock, Eliot, Ford, Hemming, Martorell, de la Torre y Callejas and a couple by myself, among others.
These imperfections, though numerous, are in general minor. They will not seriously detract from the standing of this book as the most thorough treatment ever given to any Antillean lepidopterous fauna. Above and beyond this the book is produced in such a way that it is a collector's piece worthy of a place on any bookshelf.
Eugene Monroe, Entomology Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa.
NOTES AND NEWS
I wish to thank the many persons who provided assistance to me during this first year of my editorship.
The members of the Editorial Committee of the Journal were most helpful as primary reviewers of submitted manuscripts. In addition, the following individuals reviewed one or more manuscripts upon request: D. E. Berube, H. K. Clench, C. V. Covell, C. D. Ferris, D. J. Klingener, A. B. Klots, A. P. Mange, W. B. Nutting, C. L. Remington, D. F. Schweitzer, A. M. Stuart, and O. R. Taylor. All of these persons performed a valuable service to the Society, and thanks are warmly extended to them.
My wife, Katherine, provided the cover drawing (Catocala flebilis Grote) for this volume, and aided in many other ways. Nancy Wells served as my editorial assistant throughout the year, and her invaluable help is most gratefully acknowledged. Finally, from among the many, I especially wish to thank D. F. Hardwick and S. S. Nicolay for their particular kindnesses.
Theodore D. Sargent